Novak Djokovic Reaches The Finals at Wimbledon Championships 2019

Published 07/12/2019, 11:00 AM EDT

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The first semifinal at Wimbledon, before Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, occupy the Centre Court, the defending champion, Novak Djokovic took on the 23rd seed, Roberto Bautista-Agut, who made his debut at Grand Slam semifinals.

World Number one, Novak Djokovic defeated Roberto Bautista-Agut, 6-2, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 to reach the finals at Wimbledon Championships 2019. This is his sixth finals at Wimbledon and his 25th Grand Slam final of his career and a new experience for the Spanish cowboy!

In the opening set, the Serb made a start with 3-0. Bautista-Agut was already into the double-digit figures of unforced errors in the fourth game of the semifinal, but he managed to make a hold at 3-1. With Serb making quick holds and Agut continuing his unforced errors,  Novak Djokovic takes the first set in 36 minutes.

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The tennis followers anticipated one-way traffic in the first semifinal, but the Spaniard picked up his pace in the next set. Agut and Djokovic made comfortable holds in their opening games. Bautista-Agut slammed a forehand winner for taking a lead in the game at 30-0, a loose forehand from the top seed and Bautista-Agut’s ferocious forehand gave him, the first break of the match at 2-1.

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With Bautista-Agut’s consolidation, Novak Djokovic continued to keep his passing shots smashes intact. However, they were not enough to retaliate for his break in the second set. Retaining his break of serve, Bautista-Agut played a safe game against the four-time Wimbledon champion.

The premiere set was the first Grand Slam semifinal set for Bautista-Agut and in the second set, he played from impressive tennis and got hold of it 6-4. The Serb took out all his second set frustrations in the third and fourth set, Agut could sustain the long rallies but couldn’t overpower the Novak wave.

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In the third set, Novak Djokovic faced his first break point after the first set at 3-2, the top seed smashed it out after a long rally and celebrated his 4-2 lead and comfortably moved a set closer to the Wimbledon final. He led by 5-1 in the fourth, and Agut made a love hold at 5-2, and on the fifth match point, Djokovic cruised into the finals.

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